Man jumps to death from Los Angeles overpass near Terminal Island

A man jumped to his death Friday afternoon from an overpass at Anaheim Way and Farragut Avenue near the Terminal Island Freeway.

The unidentified man was seen leaping from the overpass at about 1:30 p.m. and falling about 50 feet to the ground below, said Sgt. Steve Muirhead of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division.

The man, described as Latino and in his late 30s or early 40s, was dead at the scene.

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department is investigating the apparent suicide.